We went to see two films at the ‘Russian Resurrection’ film festival in Adelaide last night. It was "Russian Fantasia" night, which focused on classic soviet fantasy and scifi films — how could I not see both?The first film, Letters from a Deadman (1986) was set in Moscow post-nuclear holocaust. A history professor and a … Continue reading →

Thanks to Cat Sparks… I could survive for 1 minute, 19 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor Continue reading →

So a few of my girlfriends have decided that they want to run a ‘Happiness Forum’ a couple of weeks from now. I know, it sounds like a load of new-age wishy-wash, but I think it might be fun (especially since plenty of splurgundy will be imbibed while we gush about happiness. If alcohol doesn’t … Continue reading →

Things are busy, and exciting. I still haven’t gotten over the buzz of being accepted into Clarion — in fact, I’ve started dreaming about it already. (Literally. I had a dream last night that the whole thing came and went, and it felt like I missed it all because it went so quickly. Somehow I … Continue reading →

Rant, at considerable length, about things that bug you. For instance, Rant the First: I hate people who eat yogurt while driving I hate sitting on any communal office chair and discovering that the seat is still warm I hate the phrase ‘camel toe’ and those who sport it I hate advertisements that contain incorrect … Continue reading →

1) Watch the sugar-replacement tablets dissolve in your cup of tea. Time how long it takes for them to fade into the surrounding tea gloom (17 seconds) 2) Rail inwardlly at the incompetence of the inventor of Blu-tac. Shake your fist at the heavens (or, more accurately, in the Blu-tac inventor’s general direction) as the pictures … Continue reading →